How John J.’s Head Works (Musical Edition)

In a (probably hapless) attempt at writing another post on this blog…

This week, Guy and I chatted once again with Greg McNaughten (from Mice Cast and The Hub Podcast) about various topics. One such topic was about different music apps on iOS (for those not hip to the tech lingo, that’s the operating system for iThingies… Phone, Pad, etc.)

Spotify came up in convo (as it had when Jim and I spoke of it originally in Sequence Three.) For those out of the loop, Spotify is a UK-based progam (similar to Pandora) where you can search for certain songs and listen to them. Of course the list is semi-limited… you can find common stuff played on the radio, but don’t try to find anything by say The Beatles or Metallica… unless of course you like cover versions of songs, which there seem to be plenty of.

Spotify’s available for both PC and Mac as well as on the aforementioned iOS (iPhone only for now… I tried downloading it to my new iPad, but anyone who knows Pads know that iPhone apps stay that size) and of course the non-iThingy programs… Android, et al. The “catch” (if you can call it that) is that the iOS version requires a $9.99 subscription… but personally, I think it’s worth it. You can actually place songs into personal playlists AND have them saved magically (probably a cloud or something) offline for listening in non 3G/WiFi areas.

When I first started listening on Spotify last year, I started a personal list of songs that I found would get stuck in my head… aptly named “Stuck In Head.” Here’s the current list… of which some are probably soon to be (though they should have been ages ago) retired from the playlist…

1. Living Color – Cult of Personality (for obvious CM Punk-related reasons)
2. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
3. Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
4. Godsmack – Voodoo (Fact: I thought this was Alice in Chains for the longest time.)
5. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me (Special Extended Mix)
6. The Alan Parsons Project – Sirius
7. The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky
8. Fall on Your Sword – Captain Of The Mount
9. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
10. Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain
11. Men at Work – Down Under
12. Ronnie Hudson – West Coast Poplock
13. The Pixies – Where is My Mind?
14. Rob Zombie – Sick Bubblegum (Radio Edit)
15. The Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
16. Daft Punk – Robot Rock
17. Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief
18. Blur – Song 2
19. Queens of the Stone Age – You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar…
20. Nine Inch Nails – The Day The World Went Away (Live)
21. Nine Inch Nails – The Day The World Went Away
22. Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie
23. Pulp – Like a Friend
24. Urge Overkill – Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
25. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
26. Run DMC – Rock Box
27. The Prodigy – Omen
28. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
29. Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – Easy Lover
30. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
31. Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild
32. Tenacious D – Tribute
33. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
34. Madonna – Like A Prayer
35. Hall & Oates – Private Eyes
36. Guns N’ Roses – Anything Goes
37. Queen – Flash Gordon Theme
38. David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
39. Queen – Princes of the Universe
40. The Aquabats – Lonely Horseman
41. Danzig – Twist of Cain
42. Nine Inch Nails – The Mark Has Been Made
43. Nine Inch Nails – The Mark Has Been Made (Live)
44. Finger Eleven – Slow Chemical
45. The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
46. Duran Duran – The Reflex
47. The White Stripes – Blue Orchid
48. Nine Inch Nails – Right Where It Belongs
49. Nine Inch Nails – We’re In This Together
50. Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
51. Jim Johnston (WWE) – Here To Show The World (Dolph Ziggler’s Theme)
52. The Touch – Le Night Dominator
53. College & Electric Youth – A Real Hero
54. Kavinsky – Nightcall
55. Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower